Example sentences of "and could [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would cause an outcry and add several percentage points to inflation , and could easily check spending and strangle the recovery in its cradle . |
| 2 | Although I dreamed and could thus distinguish sleep from death , although I woke up again each morning , the fear remained , and my sister 's death only served to strengthen it . |
| 3 | They had done very little swapping of horses , mainly because Nails refused to and Hoomey , having become accustomed to the feel of Bones 's hulk beneath him , was terrified by what he called the ‘ slippery ’ ponies — Midnight and Firelight — and could not make Spot move at all . |
| 4 | Because SOEs were created for multiple reasons , most faced conflicting pressures from various constituencies and could not reconcile multiple , and conflicting , objectives . |
| 5 | These groups might enter into semi-permanent contracts with academics who had similar interests , and develop rules about who could and could not take part in a ‘ course ’ in a particular ‘ subject ’ and how that ‘ course ’ should be conducted . |
| 6 | they could parse accurately and analyse poetry , but they spoke the perverted Lancashire dialect of the towns , had a narrow vocabulary , and could not understand diction … |
| 7 | Although many boatmen 's wives acted as crew they were not recognised as such and could not get compensation for injury or sick pay . |
| 8 | It was clear to me that we dared not and could not use money from the Department . |
| 9 | It should be clear from what is said above that from the purely practical classroom point of view , generative phonology has little to offer and could well create confusion . |
| 10 | Last August Australia sent three naval ships to the Gulf ; Bob Hawke , the prime minister , made it clear in December that they would be put under American operational control and could well see combat . |
| 11 | The other two national winners are Tracy Young , who was born with two holes in her heart and could n't walk til she was five — her prize was for her personal achievement in ballroom and latin dancing … and Ronnie Broomhall who is the first person in the country with learning difficulties to become a qualified amateur gymnastics coach . |
| 12 | Everything seemed in order until a week before your departure when the hotel contacted Saga to say it was overbooked and could n't accommodate Saga 's clients . |
| 13 | And er there was only one who could n't take part and he was in the fire brigade and could n't take part because they were er his employers . |
| 14 | He loved soccer and could n't remember baseball ; neither could he remember California , except for a vague recollection of sunshine and a white house and what seemed an enormous swimming pool , although Clare laughed and told him it had really been quite small — for LA . |
| 15 | Mr Singleton knew other talented people , among them an extremely obliging fellow who could treat a sheet of notepaper to give it the feel and appearance of age , and could also produce ink of a quality used in the past . |
| 16 | The need to obtain an entry visa from an embassy often situated far away could be dangerous and could therefore hinder departure . |
| 17 | We pointed out to the companies that they let the contracts , and could therefore require trade union representation as a condition of awarding them . |
| 18 | My pupil was a girl called Adèle , seven or eight years old , who was born in France and could hardly speak English . |
| 19 | So now when our crews came back from their missions and we heard snatches of their conversations about long lines of refugees , about cities being devastated , and miles and miles of fires , I remembered Kings Cross and could only feel pity for what these civilians were now enduring ; French , Dutch , German or whatever . |
| 20 | The bill , which makes it an offence to carry a knife and puts the onus on the carrier to prove he had good reason to carry the knife , will have its third reading on Friday and could now become law before summer after the Scottish Office accepted a Labour amendment that the act should come into force on the day it is passed rather than at the end of a two month period . |
| 21 | The shop , now double the size it was a year ago , was ‘ very healthily up ’ , and could now take advantage of the last minute frenzy by being able to accommodate more people inside . |